Sr Manager/Director, Digital Solutions

ZS is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on improving life and how we live it, we transform ideas into impact by bringing together data, science, technology and human ingenuity to deliver better outcomes for all. Here you’ll work side-by-side with a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping life-changing solutions for patients, caregivers and consumers, worldwide. ZSers drive impact by bringing a client-first mentality to each and every engagement. We partner collaboratively with our clients to develop custom solutions and technology products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business. Bring your curiosity for learning, bold ideas, courage and passion to drive life-changing impact to ZS.

 

ZS’s Digital Products & Solutions (DPS) group designs, builds, and scales enterprise-grade digital applications across the life sciences value chain. Our work spans full-stack web and mobile applications, AI-enabled digital products, scalable SaaS platforms, and compliant enterprise solutions, delivered through modern, cloud-nativeand AI-first engineering practices.

 

What you'll do:

 

• Serve as senior client advisor, leading business development, solution shaping, and delivery for life sciences (pharma, med‑device) clients. 

• Own end‑to‑end custom application programs across web, mobile, and digital products, combining content, cloud, data, and AI layers. 

• Define application and technical architectures, including component, integration, and data architectures aligned to client and ZS standards. 

• Lead technical design, defining technology stack, solution blueprints, interfaces, and deployment topology for cloud‑native and microservices‑based solutions. 

• Establish and govern design patterns, coding standards, and reusable components to drive consistency, quality, and speed. 

• Own non‑functional requirements (NFRs)—performance, scalability, security, availability, observability, and compliance—and ensure they are designed and tested. 

• Estimate effort, cost, and timeline for proposals and programs, driving solution sizing, work‑breakdown, and delivery planning. 

• Provide hands‑on leadership across cloud, DevSecOps, and integration, partnering closely with engineering, data, and security teams. 

• Build, lead, and mentor multi‑disciplinary onshore/offshore teams, fostering engineering excellence and continuous learning. 

• Contribute to practice development and go‑to‑market, creating reference architectures, accelerators, and client‑facing thought leadership. 

 

 

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree or MBA preferred. 
• 10+ years in technology consulting, digital product development, or agile application delivery. 
• Proven track record leading custom application development (web, mobile, or SaaS) in enterprise environments, ideally life sciences. 
• Deep expertise in application and technical architecture, including multi‑tier web, microservices, APIs, and integration patterns. 
• Strong experience producing technical designs, design patterns, NFRs, and architecture documentation (e.g., diagrams, ADRs, interface specs). 
• Demonstrated ability to lead estimations and architecture‑driven planning for large, multi‑stream programs. 
• Strong hands‑on knowledge of cloud plat